And yet again we have the completely inescapable f….. c… factor that comes along and just sh..s on every second post that you write. If its not the impossible missing word syndrome its this sort of crap….

"So why on earth weren’t these basic steps been taken years ago?"

Delete that mongrel “been”.

I wish we could easily recall posts and fix the errors…. that appear after you have posted, and simply weren’t there beforehand, after thorough reading, re-reading, re-re-reading, and spell and grammar checks! ):>|

Aaaargh!!

There’s only one consolation – it seems to happen to just about everyone on this forum. But that doesn’t make it any less frustrating!!

Oooow…. A bit of a dummy-spit there m’Luddie!

Bloody oath you old chook!

And not before time. I’ve held my vicious tongue for a long time over that issue. It had to be said. It’s just completely maaaaaadening to write a post, which often takes a lot of thought and research, check it as best you can…… and then find freaking typos or grammos or missos (grammatical errors or missing words)!

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(: >|

“One of the best things about driving the Benz is the speed limiter” (Sun Community Newspapers 01/11/06).

Alright! Wonderful! Excellent! At last we have a speed limiter that is easily adjustable to whatever the speed limit is. This device prevents you from going over the set speed, unless you really need to, in which case it is overridden if you plant your foot.

What a simple idea.

Speed limiters are not all that new. A few of types have been around for a while. But they need to be very simple to operate so they don't cause a distraction.

So why on earth isn’t every new car from this point forward required to have this device?

Comeon, adherence to speed limits, or to the accepted leeways on stated speed limits is atrocious.

One of the big problems is that drivers either inherently sit right up on the maximum speed that they can get away with or feel pressured to do so in order to roll with the flow. When you are travelling on or close to the maximum speed, keeping your speed from going over the policeable limit from time to time is extremely difficult, in fact bloody impossible, as I have expressed on this thread in no uncertain terms.

So surely speed limiters, which are as easy to adjust as the Benz type, and which don’t cause a distraction to the driver, but rather just fit perfectly well into your pattern of driving, MUST BE IMPLEMENTED across the board!

Fixed speed cameras are going to be introduced in Queensland at the end of next year (Sunday Mail 5 Nov).

Good. It’s about time!

But why a year hence? Surely they can be rolled out a lot sooner than that!

Comeon, if it’s worth doing in order to reduce the accident rate, then it’s worth doing as soon as possible…..surely!

Of course a few other things need to happen along with it (which aren’t gonna happen, are they!);

much better signage of speed limits, so that there can be no doubt about what speed limit zone drivers are in at any given time,

notification of exactly what the leeway is on speed limits, both with respect to these cameras, and in general across the state, in all speed zones,

a highly publicised message that errors in speedometers will be no excuse for exceeding the limit. The accuracy of a speedo is the responsibility of the driver, and if the driver doesn’t know the accuracy, then they are highly advised to err well on the side of caution.

and another highly publicised message that drivers should drive at a few k below the limit (or below the leeway or policeable limit), because it is easy for your speed to creep over the limit if you are sitting right up close to the limit all the time.

So, good steps continue to be made in Qld…….

But I am still getting the feeling that it is little more than dancing around the edges of the whole road-safety issue.

Hey Ludwig you lunatic, do you realise that you have been on this forum for 12 months today?

You’ve put up nearly 1000 pieces of utter drivel, about 170 of which have been on road-safety and closely related stuff.

What an almighty loony you are!!